Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide

Restart activity if interrupted—Check this check box to indicate the activity should resume after an 
interruption in the execution. 

If the check box remains unchecked, then the activity remains paused if there is an interruption in 
the execution.

Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity 
definition.

Use the Execute vCloud Query activity to execute vCloud Director API queries against a vCloud 
Director Server. The query activity provides a flexible way to retrieve information from the vCloud 
Director Server and allows for more efficient access to the vCloud Director database. Additional key 
benefits include:

Paginated results

Filtering criteria

Multiple output formats

Typed and packaged queries

In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vCloud Director > Execute vCloud Query, then drag 
and drop the activity onto the Workflow pane.

Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.

Click the ExecuteQuery tab and enter the appropriate information, including:

Relative Url—The URL against which the HTTP request is made. It can be relative or absolute. If 
it is relative, the “api” url for the target is prepended to the configured value. Relative URLs are more 
flexible because they are not tied to a particular environment

Columns—The list of columns included in the results. If this field is blank, all columns are included. 
Naming columns explicitly has two key benefits:

Scalability—The data is restricted to only what you need

Convenience—The columns (their names) are identified to any following activities in the 
process

Fetch all results—Indicates that all results will be fetched, even if they span multiple pages. If this 
field is not selected, only the page defined by the query will be returned.

Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity 
definition.